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Weather permitting, LSU's NCAA Tournament hopes could improve to more comfortable conditions with an upset over No. 11 Kentucky at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on Tuesday night.

The Tigers (12-6, 3-3 Southeastern Conference) are No. 65 in ESPN.com's Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) with their best win over Missouri, which has a 54 RPI. Kentucky (15-4, 5-1 SEC) is No. 12 in ESPN.com's RPI and No. 11 in the Associated Press poll. Tip-off is at 8 p.m. on ESPN.

"I think any games that we play in this conference, if we can get wins, it certainly helps," LSU coach Johnny Jones said Monday on the SEC ...